The new academic calendar includes 14 weeks of formal class meetings rather than 15. Does this mean less course material can be covered?
NEW In principle, no, if instructors were following the 1984 and 1991 Academic Senate guidelines that no new course material be introduced in the 15th week of classes. Under the new RRR week calendar, there are now 14 weeks of in-class instruction and one RRR week each semester. The number of days of in-class instruction will be the same in both spring and fall semesters (starting with the Spring 2010 and Fall 2010 calendars). UC Berkeley will have 68 days of in-class instruction per semester, or 136 days of in-class instruction per academic year. For comparison, the University of Michigan has 135 days of in-class instruction per academic year, MIT has 130, Princeton has 129, and Harvard has 125.
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